CVE-2005-3499

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Frisk F-Prot Antivirus allows remote attackers to bypass protection via a ZIP file with a version header greater than 15, which prevents F-Prot from decompressing and analyzing the file.

Affected products

Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus: 3.12b, 3.12d, 3.16c, 4.4.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0073.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015148
http://thierry.sniff-em.com/research/fprot.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20865
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415637/30/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502370/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15293
http://www.zoller.lu/research/fprot.htm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22967
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0073.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015148
http://thierry.sniff-em.com/research/fprot.html

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